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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coil1
▶noun
- 1 a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.
- 2 an intrauterine contraceptive device in the form of a coil.
- 3 an electrical device consisting of a coiled wire, for converting the level of a voltage, producing a magnetic field, or adding inductance to a circuit.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coil2
▶noun archaic or dialect a confusion or turmoil.
– origin C16: of unknown origin.
'coil' also found in these Oxford entries:
armature
- bun
- Catherine wheel
- chignon
- choke
- constrict
- convolution
- convolve
- core
- curl
- cyclone
- electromagnet
- fankle
- former
- hank
- induction coil
- jalebi
- leptospirosis
- moving-coil
- reactor
- recoil
- rouleau
- rusk
- solenoid
- spiraea
- spire
- spirillum
- spiro-
- spring
- tap
- Tesla coil
- turn
- volution
- winding
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